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Harrisonville siblings found safe, will head home soon

Three Harrisonville siblings, missing since Friday, have been found safe in Calgary and work is underway to bring them back to the United States.

Updated: 9:19 PM CDT Oct 16, 2013

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Harrisonville siblings found safe, will head home soon

Three Harrisonville siblings, missing since Friday, have been found safe in Calgary and work is underway to bring them back to the United States.

Updated: 9:19 PM CDT Oct 16, 2013

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Harrisonville siblings found safe, will head home soon

Three Harrisonville siblings, missing since Friday, have been found safe in Calgary and work is underway to bring them back to the United States.

Updated: 9:19 PM CDT Oct 16, 2013

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WEBVTT CONCERN THE WEBSITE WOULD BE HACKED. THREE HARRISONVILLE CHILDREN WILL BE HEADING HOME AFTER BEING FOUND WITH THEIR MOTHER IN CANADA. DEPUTIES SAY SHERRI O'NEAL KIDNAPPED HER CHILDREN FRIDAY. KMBC NINE'S HALEY HARRISON SPOKE TONIGHT WITH SOMEONE WHO IS DEFENDING HER. I TALKED TO SHERRI O'NEAL'S FAMILY HERE IN THE K-C AREA AND THEY'RE CALLING HER A TREMENDOUS MOTHER -- FOR WHOM BEING SEPARATED FROM HER KIDS HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. SHE HASN'T SEEN THEM FOR THREE YEARS BECAUSE OF A CUSTODY BATTLE. IT'S A FAR CRY FROM THE DESCRIPTION CASS COUNTY DEPUTIES GAVE OF THE MOTHER OF FIVE. FROM WORRY TO RELIEF ... WITHIN HOURS WEDNESDAY A BREAKTHROUGH IN THE CASE OF THE THREE MISSING KIDS. THEIR MOM, SHERRI O'NEAL SEEN HERE WITH HER 15 YEAR OLD SON, JORDAN -- SPOTTED IN THE MORNING AT THIS CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA HOMELESS SHELTER. 11 YEAR OLD TABITHA AND 14 YEAR OLD JASPER WERE FOUND SAFE HOURS LATER. THEIR FATHER JAMIE DAVIS -- RELIEVED TO HEAR THE NEWS. O'NEAL WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. A SOCIAL WORKER SAYS O'NEAL TOLD HER SHE WAS ESCAPING AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP IN THE STATES. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DEPUTIES BEGAN THE SEARCH FOR THIS BLACK MERCEDES WITH ALASKA PLATES, NOW LOCKED UP AT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. A HARRISONVILLE BUS DRIVER SAW IT PARKED OUTSIDE THE KIDS HOUSE FRIDAY. DEPUTIES FOUND THE SUV NEXT DAY AT A KANSAS CITY MERCEDES DEALERSHIP...TABITHA'S CELL PHONE WAS INSIDE -- BUT THE BATTERY HAD BEEN REMOVED. IT'S STILL UNCLEAR WHY THE FAMILY AT THE CENTER OF SUCH A HIGH PROFILE CASE WAS ABLE TO ACROSS THE BORDER. ABLE TO ACROSS THE BORDER. DEPUTIES BELIEVE THE FAMILY LEFT FROM KANSAS CITY IN A WHITE R-V. O'NEAL'S ADULT SON JACOB MIERS WAS ALSO FOUND WITH THE FAMILY IN CANADA TODAY. FAMILY OF O'NEAL'S EX-STEP FATHER CONFIRM SHE'D BEEN STAYING WITH THEM FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS LEADING UP TO THE KIDS